30/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - Mersch says state aid measures must be in place before ECB assesses banks. At the Alpbach European Forum in Austria on Thursday 29 August, Yves Mersch, a member of the European Central Bank's Executive Board, said that public financial aid measures for banks had to be in place before the start of the ECB's assessment of the assets of banks that the ECB will be monitoring directly as the European Bank Supervisor. He said the approach taken by the European Council...